Kellogg said it’s removing the great big banner on the front of Rice Krispies boxes that says the cereal “helps support your child’s immunity.” The move seems a bit odd, that it was only July when the company rolled out the new claim, which...

As part of the stimulus bill passed early this year, the federal government started paying a big chunk of the health insurance premiums for recently unemployed workers. That’s set to start winding...

Health policy wonks love to talk about “paying for quality,” and giving patients more information. Front-line docs are often skeptical about how, exactly, that “quality” gets measured, and what...

The H1N1 flu is now widespread in 46 states — it’s as if we’re at the peak of the flu season, as this flu tracker shows. Yet as of Friday, only about 16 million doses of swine flu vaccine had been...

“Smart Choices,” a food industry labeling program that launched this summer and was backed by a bunch of food-business heavyweights will “voluntarily postpone active operations,” according to a...